1947 U.S. Open

Archive note

The 1947 edition was won by Lew Worsham. Verified venue assignments are published in this record.

Record sources

• 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open
  • 1947 U.S. Open · Championship identity

    The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1947 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.

    Verified 2026-08-20
• Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association: St. Louis Country Club history
  • St. Louis Country Club

    The regional golf association explicitly dates the Macdonald-Raynor 18-hole course opening to 1914 and distinguishes the earlier Clayton nine-hole site. Its event inventory places the 1947 Open, 1921/1960 Amateurs, 1925/1972 Women's Amateurs and 2014 Curtis Cup at this continuing course. Preserve par and current hole data; the 1892 Club founding is not the course opening. This completed edition is after the established modern course era. Bind the named course without asserting unchanged historical tee positions or hole routing. Round use remains unspecified.

    Verified 2026-11-02
• USGA official U.S. Open result
  • Lew Worsham

    The official result names the champion and regulation total. Historical playoff status is corroborated by tied regulation totals and extra scores for both winner and runner-up. The 2026 report establishes a one-stroke win on the 72nd hole. Relative score is retained only where explicitly stated.

    Verified 2026-09-10
• USGA: 2026 U.S. Open Record Book
  • Sam Snead

    PDF page 7, 1947 result: Sam Snead, regulation total 282 (-2 to par). Playoff scores 70 are separate from the regulation total. The official playoff table on PDF page 10 identifies the winner and runners-up.

    Verified 2026-10-23